Glamour

ABSTRACT The life of Chengez is crisscrossed by personal and political events and though, in the best fashion of an objective analyst, one tries to keep these issues compartmentalised, they do overlap. It is these areas of overlapping that become interesting as they illustrate the maxim, “The personal is political and the political is personal.” The two parts of the study show how Changez’s life becomes an eddy caught in the cross currents of international geopolitics, especially in the…

World War II impacted the course of American history for many reasons. On October 24th, 1929 the New York Stock Exchange experienced a detrimental depression that hindered the glamour of the roaring 20’s. The results of this depression were felt far and wide. It initiated a chain reaction around the country that seemed to almost destroy American capitalism. All around the United States of America, citizens faced historically high unemployment rates, some cities reaching an upwards of 80 percent…

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "Just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." (Chapter 1, Paragraph 1-3, The Great Gatsby). In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, we are introduced with the story of Jay Gatsby, a poor boy of mysterious origins who rises to great wealth and prestige. In 1922, a young…

Paris is Burning is an iconic film that gives the heterosexual world a look into the underground scene of queer culture that is the ballroom. The film presented new slang and phrases that people in the present still use, but the stories and the issues of the oppressed are often overlooked and forgotten. At the time of release in the 1990s, gay culture was still somewhat misunderstood, but Paris is Burning portrayed the struggles that gay individuals experience every day. The movie showed that…

Amidst living in a commodity culture and consumer society where it is filled with mass production of goods and uncountable sectors of brands, not only consumers have to struggle to make choice between different options of brands, but also brands have to constantly find ways to make their name known among competitors and become a household brand that consumers will choose its products over the other. Thus, marketers and advertisers take advantage of the new age of social media to create brand…

The History Of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29, 1917. Having eight other siblings, his family was rather large compared to most families. Later on he would become the youngest president to serve the Untied States Of America. At the age of 43, he was elected president over two time vice president Richard Nixon. Even though he made it to such a prestigious position at such a young age, John F. Kennedy undoubtably earned it. He graduated from Harvard,…

what the poem shows, may even get you killed. In reality, one thing that people should share with their children is that life isn’t a fairy-tale in which things will be handed to you. You have to work for what you want and don’t be fooled by the glamour and beauty of something, because just below the surface could lie a…

The pop art movement beginning in the mid-1950s was one of the biggest modern art movements ever. Pop art is often associated with comics and different vibrant colors. Roy lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, when it comes to both of these artists everyone instantly thinks of Pop Art, it’s the work of this pair that immediately jumps to mind. Both artists are in separate art worlds in their own interesting ways. Pop art is an art movement that emerged in Britain and the United States during the mid to…

Symbolism is often used in literature to convey deeper meanings and important messages in the work, deepening the understanding and knowledge of the audience. The classroom phenomenon The Great Gatsby is a novel that was written in 1925 by Scott F. Fitzgerald in which everyone was attempting to pursue the American Dream. Discussing old and new money and with great understanding of the mindsets of the characters within the novel, the story is about a man named Gatsby reconnecting with his lost…

World War‘s effect on the male gender role and subsequent effect on male behaviour. The First World War came during a period of belief in the glory of war and the adventure that it offered. The pomp and circumstance of the preceding conflicts and the glamour of the army, especially in Britain where it offered access to the exotic lands of the Empire, helped to instil in the minds of the public the idea that war was as a chance to take glory, protect our lands, conquer new territories and have an…